Corporate Question - How far did the carriers stand off?
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Ignore all the rhetoric on this thread
Maggie said No - and No it was!
High Value RN surface (Carrier) assets were ordered to "stand-off" from the conflict, much as they do today
However, they are readily available for showing the flag, with Port Calls, Cocktail parties, Royal visits, Trade mission parties and swanning around the oceans
The RN PR machine is brilliant - it leaves the other Services standing - just check out the Navy News - 50 pages of up to date info - compared to RAF News - 14 pages of adverts
Mind you, they've had 200 years to practise it
Maggie said No - and No it was!
High Value RN surface (Carrier) assets were ordered to "stand-off" from the conflict, much as they do today
However, they are readily available for showing the flag, with Port Calls, Cocktail parties, Royal visits, Trade mission parties and swanning around the oceans
The RN PR machine is brilliant - it leaves the other Services standing - just check out the Navy News - 50 pages of up to date info - compared to RAF News - 14 pages of adverts
Mind you, they've had 200 years to practise it
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I'm pretty certain after the Sheffield incident we withdrew approx 200 nms NE of the Falklands to distance ourselves from the Hong Kong Dart + Exocet threat. However I do recall that after we ( Hermes) disembarked the 1 Sq GR 3's we did go in close to Port Stanley and I stood on the flight deck and viewed the Falkland Isles close in . Incidentally the RAF were looking forward to re-naming the airfield RAF Port Stanley...they missed our irony in saying we were glad of that !!
